D:\PerlMonks>digits1.pl syntax error at D:\PerlMonks\digits1.pl line 5, near "chomp" Global symbol "$inp" requires explicit package name at D:\PerlMonks\digits1.pl line 5. Global symbol "$inp" requires explicit package name at D:\PerlMonks\digits1.pl line 6. Global symbol "$inp" requires explicit package name at D:\PerlMonks\digits1.pl line 7. Execution of D:\PerlMonks\digits1.pl aborted due to compilation errors. D:\PerlMonks> #### use strict; use warnings; print 'Please enter your card number'; chomp(my $inp = <>); $inp =~ s/(\d{4})(\d{4})(\d{4})(\d{4})/$1 $2 $3 $4/; print $inp,"\n";